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Melon heads
Melon Heads is the name given to legendary beings and urban legends in parts of Michigan, Ohio, and Connecticut generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads, theorized in the 1970's, who occasionally emerge from hiding places to attack people. Different variations of the legend attribute different origins.
==Legend in Michigan==
The melon heads of Michigan are said to reside around Felt Mansion, although they have also been reportedly seen in southern forested areas of Ottawa County.〔(The origin of the Melon Heads ) ''Grand Haven Tribune''. Retrieved 24 September 2013.〕 According to one story, they were originally children with hydrocephalus who lived at the Junction Insane Asylum near Felt Mansion.〔 The story explains that, after enduring physical and emotional abuse, they became feral mutants and were released into the forests surrounding the asylum. The Allegan County Historical Society asserts that the asylum never existed, although it was at one point a prison;〔Mike LaVey. "(The Legend of the Melon Heads )". ''Weird Michigan''. Sterling Publishing Company, 2006. 16.〕 however, the story has been part of the local folklore for several decades. Laketown Township Manager Al Meshkin told the ''Holland Sentinel'' that he had heard the tales as a teenager, noting that his friends referred to the beings as "wobbleheads". Some versions of the legend say that the children once lived in the mansion itself, but later retreated to a system of underground caverns. Other versions of this legend say that the children devised a plan to escape and kill the doctor that abused them. It is said that the children had no place to hide the body, so they cut it up in small pieces which they hid around the Mansion. Rumors exist that teenagers who had broken into the mansion saw ghosts of the children and claimed to see shadows of the doctor's murder through the light coming from an open door. The legend has spread throughout the region, even becoming the subject of a 2011 film simply titled ''The Melonheads,'' which is based around the West Michigan legend.〔(imdb.com ''The Melonheads'' )〕
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